School Expulsions in Michigan
Michigan lawmakers are introducing new rules to attempt to reduce the number of school children with long expulsions and suspensions. There were 1,347 expulsions from Michigan schools in the 2014-2015 school year. According to a Detroit Free Press article, 8% of them were permanent, 45% of the expulsions were for almost a full school year, with the median number of days expelled being 157 days..